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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Germany]
1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
century, at Berlin.
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2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
also {Berlin wool}.
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{Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
--Ure.
{Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
{Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
{Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
which figures and other delicate articles are
manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
imitation of bronze.
{Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
the materials for such work.
{Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.
[1913 Webster] Berm